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By Kristy Bleizeffer Nov 14, 2018

“TeleStroke Wyoming allows WMC neurologists to actively participate in patient care and decision making from the moment the patient arrives at their local hospital,” said neurologist David Wheeler, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., medical director of WMC’s Primary Stroke Center. “Having neurologists involved early increases the likelihood that patients will get the appropriate diagnosis and treatment quickly, and that’s the metric of excellence in stroke care.”

By Kristy Bleizeffer May 7, 2018

Not so long ago, “stroke” often meant long-term disability or at least long, hard-fought recoveries for survivors and their families. It is still the fourth-leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States.
But thanks to Wyoming Medical Center’s multidisciplinary stroke team and emerging cutting-edge treatments, it was not the story for David Balcerzak of Casper.

By Kristy Bleizeffer May 24, 2016

Wyoming Medical Center has again won the American Stroke Association’s highest level of recognition for quick, expert treatment of stroke patients. For the second straight year, we achieved Target: Stroke Honor Roll —Elite Plus status. We also earned the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

By David B. Wheeler, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N. May 4, 2016

The past five years have seen unprecedented advances in acute stroke management. With more aggressive treatment parameters, revolutionary changes in interventional techniques and improvement in the organization of care, more and more people are walking away from stroke with little to no deficit.

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

I wouldn’t wake up for four days. When I did, doctors would tell me that I suffered a pulmonary embolism causing a watershed stroke and three cardiac arrests. Lying in the hospital bed and facing a long recovery, I felt powerless – for a while. But over the next seven years, I found a strength I didn’t know I had. Never have I felt more powerful.

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

When I woke up in Wyoming Medical Center three days after collapsing inside my house on April 3, 2008, I felt like a very different person. Before my stroke, I was a 20-year-old college student with dreams of becoming a sports caster on SportsCenter. I woke up nearly paralyzed.

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

By Kristy Bleizeffer Apr 26, 2016

May is American Stroke Month – and for good reason. Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. One in every three strokes occur in people younger than 65.

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By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 4, 2016

By all measures, Sept. 29 began as a typical day. Rebecca L. Renstrom walked her dog, went to work and came home for lunch. She felt fine when she returned to the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, where she works one day a week, early that afternoon.